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Marchand's goal leads to road win

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) -- Brad Marchand found some consolation after being denied what he thought should have been a penalty shot.

The Bruins' winger scored the game-winner just 27 seconds after being hauled down on a breakaway and Boston defeated the Winnipeg Jets, 3-2, on Sunday.

Just nine seconds into the third period, Marchand was breaking in alone on goalie Ondrej Pavelec when he was tripped up by defenseman Ron Hainsey, a former UMass Lowell star.

"I was hoping for a penalty shot, so I was a little upset (when one wasn't called), but we were excited to be on the power play," Marchand said.

"We knew we could get some chances, and what happened was we scored."

Patrice Bergeron sent a pass to Marchand and he had room to move down the middle and put a close backhand shot past Pavelec for the go-ahead goal 36 seconds into the third.

Bergeron finished with two assists, while Tyler Seguin and Daniel Paille also scored for the Bruins. Tuukka Rask stopped 22 shots for his seventh win of the season.

Alexandre Burmistrov had a goal and an assist for Winnipeg, while Evander Kane recorded his fourth goal of the season and first in nine games.

Pavelec made 23 saves for the Jets, who lost their third straight and fourth in a row at home -- the longest home-losing streak for the team since the franchise moved from Atlanta before to last season.

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Jets head coach Claude Noel said his players battled and put their "heart and soul" into the game, but there were costly breakdowns.

He saw two errors connected to Marchand's goal.

"We ended up taking a penalty, but we should have had the guy to begin with," Noel said of Marchand being tripped up.

The second mistake was letting Marchand get open for Bergeron's pass.

"There were some breakdowns, like for example the power-play goal," Noel continued. "It's a middle drive. That's a play we practice, we work on all the time. It should have been covered. But it's not only that play."

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